Jane Goodall, a world-renowned naturalist and pioneer in animal behavior research, has been tirelessly working to protect endangered animal species for decades. Already at the age of twenty-three, the current icon of young conservationists went to Gombe, Africa, to fulfill her dream and study the life of wild animals there, especially chimpanzees.
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In The Book of Hope, she draws on the wisdom of her entire life devoted to nature and helps us understand how to maintain hope even in the face of pandemics, wars, and looming environmental disasters. In a confidential interview with Douglas Abrams, he tells an engaging story about his travels around the world, pioneering research and unrelenting activism. Her wealth of experience can help us better understand the crises we are currently facing. Together, Jane and Doug outline the only possible way forward - to start believing in the future again. Because hope exists, even if it sometimes seems out of reach. We can find it, for example, in nature - and in our own resilience.